Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 31 - 40 of 90 results for "pay gap"

Westpac now an open book on pay

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... has long been argued that a lack of transparency on remuneration, or pay secrecy, contributes to the persistent gender pay gap. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Authority, the full-time gender pay gap in financial services in Australia is 26.9% ...

UK takes steps to remove gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... for some time. In 2017 it made it mandatory for UK organisations with more than 250 employees to disclose their gender pay gap. This information came back to haunt many of these companies this week, with a Twitter page called Gender Pay Gap Bot retweeting ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... earnings of $1837.00 Men working full-time in Australia earn 16.8% more than women. In the part-time workforce, the gender pay gap widens to 31.3%. The Australian Tax Office reports women's median superannuation account balances are 20.5% less than those ...

Gender equality perception differs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... transparent compared to 18% of women. Further to this, 77% of male respondents were neutral, agreed or strongly agreed that the pay gap was grossly exaggerated, compared to 40% of women. "The strong differences between male and female perceptions may ...

Equal Pay Day offers sobering reminder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... Australian women will face financial hardship - especially in old age - if equality of pay is not addressed. The gender pay gap in Australia grew over the last year, Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart pointed out. According to the Workplace Gender ...

FPA to manage $1.5m scholarship mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... and create a talent pool and pipeline for diversity in business leadership participation and further close the gender pay gap." The scholarships encourage and assist women, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, to enter, re-enter and achieve leadership ...

Super gender gap widens for NSW women: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... behind the national median of $49,300 for females. While women, on average, earn considerably less than men, the gender pay gap has narrowed over the last 40 years, according to the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS). In 1981, average weekly ...

Super top ups increase: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... 79% of the amount of their male counterparts by the time they reach retirement - often feeling the effects of the gender pay gap and time out of the workforce to perform caregiver duties. "Without other assets like shares or investment properties to ...

Cairns women disadvantaged by super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... gain tax discount and franking credits are split across $42 billion for men and $18 billion that goes to women. "Gender pay gap, childcare, superannuation, and our research shows even Australia's system of tax concessions are stacked against women," ...

Tax concessions failing women: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... franking credits and, of the annual spend, $42 billion of the benefit goes to men and $18 billion goes to women. "Gender pay gap, childcare, superannuation, and our research shows even Australia's system of tax concessions are stacked against women," ...